USO R4 : Murray v Raonic

"There was not much I could do," Raonic said. "I tried playing back, coming in a lot. He had solutions to everything. He took me out of the match. He said at the end, 'Sorry.' and I said, 'Don't be sorry, it was simply amazing, keep it up.' He was blocking returns, neutralising me really well. It was tough in there. He did things I had no answer for, something I had not really experienced before."

Lovely play from Andy, nice done. He served well, the passes were brilliant and he didn't make chepe mistakes.The scheduling played a trick with me, so I missed a part of the match. It should have started later, but the important thing is Andy stood up to the challenge and delivered. Keep it up!

Even Milos's much heralded haircut could make no impression on Andy's game. But we've seen this all before. Andy eats big servers for lunch. Cilic is next up to the chopping block and I predict another 3 set win for Andy.

"There was not much I could do," Raonic said. "I tried playing back, coming in a lot. He had solutions to everything. He took me out of the match. He said at the end, 'Sorry.' and I said, 'Don't be sorry, it was simply amazing, keep it up.' He was blocking returns, neutralising me really well. It was tough in there. He did things I had no answer for, something I had not really experienced before."

I love the 'I had not really experienced before' especially as how many times has he played smugfed? I think this has pulled him down a peg or three and if he's as intelligent as they say he is he'll have learned a lesson about how to go into a match against a top player - or any player come to that.

Yes I rather bristled at the 'keep it up' Alis but I think in context of other things he has said, which showed genuine admiration if not awe at how Andy played, I would let it pass. We can afford to be magnanimous today

"There was not much I could do," Raonic said. "I tried playing back, coming in a lot. He had solutions to everything. He took me out of the match. He said at the end, 'Sorry.' and I said, 'Don't be sorry, it was simply amazing, keep it up.' He was blocking returns, neutralising me really well. It was tough in there. He did things I had no answer for, something I had not really experienced before."

Hope all the Milos bashers calling him pug face on here after the pre match presser pipe down now. That was a lovely post match interview, the guy has a lot to learn and he's very young, everyone needs a chance to prove themselves.

To be fair to Raonic (and I think he tried to get this point across in his pre-match interview), giving the Top 4 too much respect can see you quietly ushered out of the tournament if you expect to be beaten. I think he was just trying to create confidence for himself.

Fantastic match - even better than I expected. Just picked up on the gold flashes on Andy's shoes too, subtle or what! There is a deep pyschology about this guy that fascinates me. Looking forward to his post-career biography, many years from now, hopefully.